![]() ![]() Who is he, and how and why did he come to be in Mr. ![]() The body of a middle-aged gentleman has turned up in the bathtub of a timid and respectable architect, stark naked except for a pince-nez. Whose Body? is the first of Dorothy Sayers’ classic mystery novels starring the inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey, and to borrow the slang of the day, it’s a corker. I received a review copy of this book from the publisher. The police suspect that the bathtub’s owner is the murderer, but Wimsey’s investigation quickly reveals that the case is much stranger than anyone could have predicted. When Wimsey arrives on the scene, he is confronted with a once-in-a-lifetime puzzle. Though the Great War has left his nerves frayed with shellshock, Wimsey continues to be London’s greatest sleuth-and he’s about to encounter his oddest case yet.Ī strange corpse has appeared in a suburban architect’s bathroom, stark naked save for an incongruous pince-nez. ![]() Lord Peter Wimsey spends his days tracking down rare books, and his nights hunting killers. Sayers’s acclaimed Lord Peter Wimsey series, the case of a dead bather draws Lord Peter into the 1st of many puzzling mysteries. Published by Open Road Media on First publication: 1923. Whose Body? (a Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery), by Dorothy Sayers (review) ![]()
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